Sanitary cup



D. F. CURTIN.

SANITARY CUP.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 29. 1916.

1,381,61 9. Patented June 14,1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT' OFFICE.

DAVID F. CURTIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SANITARY our.

To all whom it may concern."

lie it known that 1, DAVID CURTIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use- 1 ful Improvements in Sanitary Cups, of which v and more the following is a description.

My invention relates to that general class of dishes and devices for use at soda fountains or other public places where each dish or cup is used for a single customer and destroyed as soon as used.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap, convenient and highly sanitary device of the kind described wherein a thin cup or receptacle is employed which may be formed of paper or other flexible or comparativelyweak material with a holder arranged to support the sides of the cup so that a spoon or other implement may be used in the vessel without the risk of injuring the cup when in service or tending to cause the same to leak.

To this end my invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts herein shown and described, particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings wherein like or similar reference characters indicate like or corresponding parts,

Figure l is a central vertical section of my improved cup and holder.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the cup alone removed from the holder.

Fig. 3 is a central vertical sectional view of the holder with the cup removed.

In the preferred construction m improved device comprises a conical cup 1 formed of paper or other suitable material which may e formed in any desired manner to render the same 1i u'id tight, as forexample, the cup may be ormed ofpaper coated with parafiin' or wax which coatmg material is employed fbr permanently connecting the adjacent .portion of the blank from which the on is formed, or a suitably formed cup may be ormed having any folds or layers which may occur in its sides permanently 7 i Specification tr Letters Patent. t t June 14, 192 Application filed May 29,

1916. Serial No. 100,555.

of the cup protruding above the large end of said socket member to facilitate drinking from the cup without bringing the lip in contact with the holder. A portion 4 of the small end of the cup also protrudes beyond the lower end of the socket 3 through a suit able aperture 5 provided therein for that purpose to prevent the possibility of-any foreign substance accumulating in the bottom of the socket and interfering in any' manne'r with the accurate seating of the cup 1 in the socket. The size of the aperture 5 is preferably such that a spoon or other implement used in the cup'cannot under any circumstances extend through the aperture and engag the unsupported wall "of the cup.

In the form shown a base 7 of any suitable form or construction is provided having a tubular shank or column 8 rigidly attached theretowith the upper end 9 of the shank '8 annularly flared to provide a seat neatly to fit the exterior of the socket member 3 and preferably rigidly secured thereto to hold the socket member in an upright position with the large end upwardl, said socket member projecting into said column 8 substantially midway of the length of said socket member. The several parts are so proportioned that the cup protruding beyond the socket cannot be reached with the implement and the portion protruding above the socket isalso, above the normal height of the fluid inthe cup and would not ordinarily be pressed u on by an implement used inthe cup and if with unusually severe or careless handling the part 6 becomes injured or destroyed no damage could result since as before stated it isnot intendedto fill the on with liquid above the upper rim of the soc et 3.

Having 'thus described my improvementit is obvious that various immaterial modificationsmay be made i n my device w1th out departing from the splrlt of my invention,

hence I do not wish to be understood as limit- -oone positioned upon and secured to said seat ing myself to the exact form or construction ata point approximately mid-way between shown. A 1 the ends of said frusto-cone.

What I claim as new and desire to secure In testimony whereof I have hereunto 15 5 by Letters Patent is: signed my name in the presence'of twosubibkdevice oi llie kinc} deseribeoglcompriskilng scribing witnesses. e k

a ase, a tu u ar co umn rigl y attac e thereto, the upper peripheral portion of said DAVID CURTIN' column being flared upwardly and outwardly Witnesses: 10 to provide a beveled seat, and a socket mem- BLANCHE CHALMERs,

her in the form of an imperforate fru'sto- BURTON U,.HILLs. 

